Once it is dark take the flashlight and shine it on the paper silhouette. You will see the silhouette displayed on the wall. The further away the bigger it gets.

A fun way to keep kids entertained once the sun goes down!

It is easy to keep these simple supplies on hand so they could be made at any time. What a perfect sleepover activity too! You might like to browse this list of 50 Boredom busters crafts and activities to also keep kids busy and engaged.

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Hello there! It’s Katie from The Casual Craflete blog. I am excited to share how to make your own DIY Sunglasses and Accessories bag. These bags are super fun and easy to make. I have a tendency to throw my sunglasses in my purse or in the car and they always end up getting scratched. The worst is whenever you put your sunglasses on and there’s a big ol scratch right in the middle of your vision. Also, my accessories are always at the bottom of my purse and I can never find what I am looking for. So, I made a cute solution to my problems using a pre-made muslin bag, fun paint colors, paint brushes and Q-tips. These DIY sunglasses and accessories bags are the perfect bag to keep in the car or in your purse.

First, I started by placing a piece of scrap cardstock inside the bag. The paint will bleed through and you want to make sure to protect the other side of the bag when painting. Next, I made a cross design and an arrow design using fun acrylic paints and a paint brush. I just free-handed the designs. These bags are supposed to look hand painted and fun, so perfection is not required. HAVE FUN!

Another technique I wanted to show you, is what a call confetti. You simply dab Q-tips into the paints, then dab the bag where you want. This is a fun and random way to make the bag look like it is covered in confetti.

Here is the final look of the bags. I choose some bright summery colors, but you can use whatever colors you like or have on hand. I think they turned out super cute!

Put your girly accessories in the bags to keep from getting lost in your purse and car.

Now your favorite pair of sunnies will be protected with a super cute bag. I painted a geometric wood bead and tied it to the strings on the bag. This just added another fun pop of color and texture to the already adorable bag.

I hope I have inspired you to create your own DIY Sunglasses and Accessories Bag! Have fun this summer!!!

As a child, I always wanted to see a Moon Rock. There’s just something fascinating about the moon and outer space. So when my son started asking questions about that big ol’ rock in the sky, I decided to make our own version with these DIY Moon Rocks.

This easy play recipe takes some Moon Sand and adds a bit more moisture to make it moldable to form into rocks. We made them black with some shiny glitter to simulate the sun reflecting off the surface of the moon.

DIY Moon Rocks

What you need to make DIY Moon Rocks:

4 cups baking soda

1/4 cup water

Gold and Silver glitter

Black food coloring

In a large plastic bin, mix together the baking soda and water. Add lots of glitter and some food coloring and stir together.

You can let your kids explore this easy Moon Sand for a bit (warning: their hands will get messy because of the food coloring!), or you can go right to making your rocks.

Mold the sand with your hand to shape it into rocks. We pressed our fingers into it to form craters on the surface.

Allow to dry overnight.

The rocks will be brittle, but kids will love examining them!

They’re much prettier than the Moon Rocks retrieved by astronauts aboard the six landing Apollo missions. Those rocks are stored at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

My son loved learning about the rocks, and how they have to be kept in Nitrogen so that they won’t get moisture. We talked about how adding moisture to the Moon Rocks would change their composition and cause them to fall apart. We even tried adding some water to our own DIY Moon Rocks!

Hi there! I am Laura from Inspiration for Moms and I’m thrilled to be visiting you today! I have the perfect snack for our Bug themed week. My Back Yard Bug Snacks have a little something for every bug lover. Your kids will totally enjoy creating these easy eatable butterflies, caterpillars and ladybugs.

Let’s start with those nutty Butterflies. Slice a few celery sticks, fill with peanut butter and top with some pretzels. Finish it off with a few candy eyes to make these flying bugs complete.

Who doesn’t love a sweet caterpillar? This crawling bug is simply made with a wood skewer, some grapes, two candy eyes and a little icing gel. Love that smile! 😉

And of course, every back yard has a ladybug or two. A cracker topped with provolone cheese holds a cherry tomato with a black olive and a few candy eyes. I speckled the tomatoes with icing gel. Tip: If you don’t think the sweetness would compliment this snack you could always use an edible black marker instead.

I have to confess that out of all the Back Yard Bug snacks, the ladybugs are my favorite. They’re so cute!

All are great for “sneaking” more fruits and vegetables into your little ones diet. (Your kids will never know.) They’ll just be thinking about how their mom is so cool because she lets them eat bugs! 😉

Happy Bug Snacking everyone!

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Rinse and cut your celery into 3-4 inch slices. Apply peanut butter into the middle and insert two mini pretzels. Then add two candy eyes.

For Caterpillar

Rinse and dry about 20 grapes. Carefully skew the grapes. Using the icing gel, draw a smile. Then add two candy eyes.

For Ladybug

Use your cracker as a guide to size your cheese. Place the cheese on top of the cracker. Cut grape tomato almost in half, leaving a tiny connection at one end. Open and lay flat on the cheese. Cut a black olive in half and place upside down at top of the tomato. Place the eyes in side the black olive and add the spots with icing gel.

I have a new obsession! DOLE WHIP. You may have tried other recipes but I promise you, this one delivers. My sister made it for a family get together and I was in LOVE with it. So creamy and fresh, I’ve begged her to make it again, and she finally just passed on her recipe. Of course I have to share with all of you because that’s just how I am.

Pour the pineapple juice into a bowl and add sugar mixing until sugar has dissolved.

Add in the cream and vanilla and mix well.

Pour into your ice cream maker. If there is still room in the machine add the extra milk.

Follow instructions for your ice cream maker for freezing.

Once it is done, serve and ENJOY!

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I first fell in love with Dole Whips at Disneyland, one of my favorite places. Sometimes you have to wait in line for a while to snag one of these tasty treat. Well, now you can make it at home.

But if you’re thinking of booking a Disneyland vacation, check out Get Away Today. They always have the best deal and you can use promo code: CraftingChicks to save an extra $10. Then you can snag a Dole Whip there.

I’m excited to kick off Bug Week here on our Little Red Hen Summer Survival Series. These Fingerprint Bugs are so simple and fun for the kiddos. I loved watching to see what my girls would come up with. Here’s what you’ll need.

First off, download the fingerprint bug jar printable below. I printed these off onto some card stock so the stamps would not leak through the paper. You could do regular copy weight if you’d like.Grab some stamps or you could even use finger paints. I had a fun variety of stamps from Close to My Heart.

If you also have a nice fine tip black pen or maker they work well for adding finishing touches to the bugs.

This book gave my girls some fun ideas on what bugs to add to their fingerprint bugs.

Then I gave them the paper and stamps and they were off.

Of course girls have to add flowers right?

I was so amazed at their ability to make these bugs come to life. They made each jar a little cozy home for their bugs. The best part is it kept them busy for a solid 30 minutes. I’m sure I could print more sheets out and they would keep making bugs.

We are kicking off Bug Week with some super fun bug books. Even though bugs can be a little creepy at times, it is so interesting to learn more about them. My kids get a kick out of telling me new facts and these books are sure to deliver fun bug facts.

So grab your library card or get ready to hit up Amazon. Here’s our list of top Bug Books for Kids!

As many of you know we are honored to work with Michaels as part of the Michaels Makers. Michaels is offering a kids’ summer crafting program, Passport to Imagination, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 am – noon from June 14-July 31 at every Michaels location across the U.S. Passport to Imagination takes kids on an imaginary seven-week summer road trip from the beach to main street and more! We were excited to join in celebrating Main Street Week.

Main Street USA reminds me of fun street shops and great photo opportunities with family. My girls are always wanting to take pictures and would love to have a camera of their own. I decided to make DIY Paper Cameras with them and we even added some pictures that they could stick inside so it feels like they are taking real pictures.

To start you will need to download a Paper Camera Template.

I found this template online but could never find a source. I pulled it into Photoshop and enlarged and added a few touches that I wanted, like the picture window and top button. My girls couldn’t wait to get their hand on these.

And Pictures for your Paper Camera. These are some stock images that reminded me of fun places around the world. You could also use family or neighborhood photos. The size is 3×2 if you would like to make your own pictures.

Once the you have downloaded, print each paper on a nice heavy card stock. I like using Image Plus card stock for color printing at home.

Hand the DIY Paper Camera over to your kids to color and you can cut out the pictures.

Once the camera’s are colored, have the kids cut them out. Have them cut along the thick black outside lines.

The gray lines on the sides are fold marks. Depending on the children’s ages you may have to help fold a little more. my 6-year-old did a pretty good job, but the 4-year-old needed help.

My girls all wanted a camera strap, “like mom’s,” so I got my trusty hole punch and made the necessary holes in each side.

Slid a piece of baker’s twine in through the holes and tied a knot and made sure the knot stayed inside the camera body.

Now comes the fun part, putting the camera together. Now I remind you that I found this template online with no credit, just an uploaded image that went nowhere. Well, there were no instructions on how to put them together, but I did my best. And I think each camera went together differently. You may have to fold and use an exacto knife on some parts or cut and fold the extra long sides a bit. I will tell you that my favorite way to secure it ended up being scrapbook adhesive mounting squares which you can snag at Michaels. They held everyone together the best and were easy to use.

To add the pictures to the back, we just used some washi tape. I know seems really simple. But it hold the pictures in place for the 5 seconds that my girls want the pictures on, and makes swapping pics really easy.

You could probably put some velcro on the back and do it that way but we liked the ease, and look, of the washi tape.

Now let them at it.

Watch the creativity blossom as your kiddos take picture after picture. We went on a walk and I loved to hear their snaps and clicks.

Aren’t their camera’s so cute? I love how each one captures the personality of it’s owner. My oldest, all grown up and wants a camera like mom’s. Middle daughter still loves pink. And my baby is so colorful and full of life.

I also love how their outfits fit their personalities too. Each outfit is from Gymboree which offers cute, coordinate looks that help your little ones enjoy the little and big moments this summer—from craft time to beach time.

I also love that Gymboree has proudly watched kids learn and grow through the power of play and has seen firsthand the desire from Mom for cute, comfortable, long-lasting, coordinated style at an everyday great price.

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Hi! I’m Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous® and I’m happy to be here to share a quick easy food craft with you today as part of the Chicks’ fun Summer Series! {love those girls!!} The theme is Rainforest and every time I think of a rain forest, I think of Monkeys! So I made these easy Monkey Banana Muffins as a fun treat for your littles.

These delicious little monkeys not only look cute, but they’re fun to eat! My 2 boys {ages 4 and 6} were my taste testers and they loved them! So these muffins are kid-approved.

Notice: I gave them all hair-do’s! 😉

How to Make Monkey Banana Muffins

Ingredients:

Banana Break Mix {yes, I went the easy route!}

Cupcake liners

Vanilla wafers {2 per monkey}

Black Gel Icing

Chocolate Frosting

Small Black Candies {2 per monkey}

Yep, I used a banana bread mix! Don’t shoot me! But you can use your favorite banana bread recipe and cook it in muffin tins…or buy a box like I did! hehe!

Make your banana muffins according to the directions on the box.

Let the muffins cool before decorating.

Frost each muffin with chocolate frosting. Notice how I gave each monkey a “hair-do” with a frosting swirl?! This one sorta looks like Elvis to me. lol

Place 1 vanilla water for the mouth, break the second vanilla wafer in half and place them on for the ears. Place the candies for the eyes and then draw 2 nostrils and a mouth with the black gel frosting. And done!